Ultraviolet a radiation (320-400 nm) protects hairless mice from immunosuppression induced by ultraviolet B radiation (280-320 nm) or cis-urocanic acid

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 316-322

  Reeve, V E ^a   Bosnic, M ^a   Boehm Wllcox, C ^a   Nishimura, N ^a   Ley, R D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b LOVELACE RESPIRATORY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact hypersensitivity; Epidermis; Hairless mouse; Photoimmunosuppression; Photoreceptor; Ultraviolet rays; Urocanic acid

Indexed keywords

UROCANIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTACT ALLERGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ANIMALS; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; FEMALE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MICE; MICE, INBRED HRS; SKIN; T-LYMPHOCYTES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; UROCANIC ACID;

EID: 0031892809     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000069463     Document Type: Article

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